Found a new way to utilize Apple's smartwatch.
As you know, smartwatches have many uses, and now it seems that another one has appeared.The Reuters news agency reports on researchers who have managed to use a smart watch to control a drone - only with the help of hand movements in mid-air. fiber gyroscope
It is in Taiwan that the new push took place.The researchers developed a special algorithm for the Apple Watch that can be used to control both camera drones and other types of objects with simple hand commands.
In a demonstration video of the new algorithm, you can see how the user moves the drone, which is of the Parrot AR Drone 3.0 type, in all directions in this way.Admittedly, the response does not seem to be universal, but there is no doubt that the solution works.
- So far, complicated controls have been needed to fly drones, but now we can use wearable gadgets to communicate directly with the drones by hand, said project leader Mark Ven to Reuters.
However, the technology is still at an early stage, and one of the problems is that the control system is said to be largely influenced by various external conditions, for example wind.In addition, the control system uses a lot of power.It is therefore uncertain when ordinary consumers will eventually have access to the new solution.
However, drones aren't the only thing the new Apple Watch algorithm can control.The researchers also demonstrated how the control system can be used to control smart light bulbs, and not just to turn them on and off.
The researcher showed how they made the bulbs change color by "writing" the first letter of the color in thin air using the control system.Admittedly, this is a solution that requires special light bulbs in addition to the new algorithm.
You can see the entire demonstration video of the new technology below.
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